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YOL. I. THOMPSONVILLE, CONN.fTRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1881. ::S|ISplSlliiil^H N°.
5k-.
01
E. F. PARSOXS, M. D.,
pHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Resi-
^ dence and office cor. Pleasant and
School streets, Tliompsonville, Conn.
J. HOMER DARLING, M. D.,
TTOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
-*--*- Pleasant St., .Tliompsonville, Conn.
CHILDREN'S COLUMN
wmm
E. 0. WILBUR,
T^ENTIST. Office on Pleasant Street,
second house north of Hotel,
Tliompsonville, Conn.
JOHN HAMLIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MKS. SIMPSON'S BUILDING,
THOMPSONVILLE CONN.
THE PARSONS PRINTING CO.,
"OOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, and
Publishers of The Tliompsonville
Press, Main Street, Tliompsonville,
Conn. Office connected by telephone.
H. H. ELLIS,
T\EALER in all kinds of one, two and
four foot Wood. Orders left at A.
T. Lord's will receive prompt attention.
Tliompsonville, Conn.
THE T. PEASE & SONS CO.,
TirilOLESALE and Retail Dealers in
'' Lumber and Building Materials.
Yards at Tliompsonville and Windsor
Locks, Conn. Steam Planing Mill at
Tliompsonville. Connected by telephone
with Springfield, Hartford and New
Haven.
BENJAMIN BRIGHT,
Pork, Mutton, Lamb, Poultry,
Tripe, Ham, Lard, &c. German
Sausage, from the best New York mak­ers,
kept constantly on hand. All kinds
of Meats in their se:ison at lowest cash
prices. Main Street, Tliompsonville.
JOHN C. WE1S1NG,
TV/I"ANUFACTURER of and Dealer in
^ Foreign and Domestic Cigars, Plug
and Fine Cut, Chewing and Smoking
Tobacco, Pipes, &c., Tliompsonville, Ct.
THOMPSONVILLE HOTEL,
T> F. LORD, Proprietor. Also Pro-prietor
of Franklin Hall. Good
Livery and Feed Stable connected with
Hotel. Main St., Tliompsonville, Conn.
JOHN H. HALLIDAY,
A TTORNEY and Counselor at Law.
Special attention given to the settle­ment
of Estates. Collections promptly
attended to. Mansley's Block, Main
Street, Tliompsonville, Conn.
u-txHbrsE"
AT LAW.
iidsey's Drug Store,
Tliompsonville, Conn.
OHN
Office ov
JAMES WATSON,
(^j-RAIN, MEAL AND FEED for sale
^ at reasonable prices. Custom grind­ing
done at the usual rates. Corn shelled,
or ground on the ear, at Watson's North
mill, on the Springfield road. A full
supply always on hand at Tliompson­ville
mills.
CHAS. E. PRICE, Agt.,
T\EALER in Wood and Coal. Wood
a specialty; chips for s:i
and heavy teaming done
terms.
lie. Moving
on reasonable
HAIR DRESSING SALOON,
"PREDERICK SMITH, Proprietor. A
choice supply of Shaving Soaps, Hair
Oil, Colognes, Cosmeti -s, &c,., constant­ly
on hand. Shaving, Shampooing,
Hair Cutting, Razor Honing, &c. Under
Lord's Hotel, Tliompsonville, Conn.
DAVID BRAINARD,
TNSURANCE AGENT. Insures all
-1- classes of Buildings and contents
again3t fire. Special attention given to
insuring Houses and Barns with their
contents against loss or damage by light­ning
whether lire ensues or not. Policies
written on the most liberal terms, in
sound companies. Losses paid promptly
and honorably. Tliompsonville, Conn.
JOHN LORING,
UNDERTAKER,
Cabinet Maker,
—AND—
UPHOLSTE REE,
Furniture Repaired.
JOB
" x
WORK in this line neatly and
promptly executed.
THOMPSONVILLE, CONN.
•' |p^; . '
|r 1 . E. T. SPOONER,
Fire Insurance Agent,
£ WAREHOUSE POINT, COM.
pi
v pi Policies written in the following strong
{• &Sand reliable First-class companies at the
" ^lowest rates:
- .C iETNA of Hartford - - - - $7,078,224
W P^HOME of New York - - - - 6,410,988
: ' NORTH AMERICA of Pliiladel-
/ phia - - - •
LIVERPOOL, LONDON, and
'V":1;; GLOBE, of London, Eng.,
Assets in United States - -
HARTFORD of Hartford - -
- v PHOENIX of Hartford - -' -
I S CONNECTICUT of Hartford - -
- V:. NATIONAL of Hartford - - -
^ - • 'ORIENT of Hartford - - -
J# ^ MIDDLESEX CO. MUTUAL
§rC\ Middletown, Surplus- -
||I > : HARTFORD CO. MUTUAL
Pgr : v Hartford, Surplus - •
' TOLLAND CO. MUTUAL
Tolland
- - - 6,591,740
4,376,961
3,456,020
2,733,341
1,483,480
1,140,057
809,020
of
of
of
320,000
225,010
100,000
ALSO AGENT FOB THE
Bitil Life lame
OF NEW YORK, ASSETS, OVER
MILLION
DOLLARS:
Rates 15 per cent, less than any other
Life Companies. -
F. S. WINSTON, President.
GEORGE P. CLARK,
"\f ANUFACTURER of Patent Rubber
Casters. Windsor Locks, Conn.
A. W. CONVERSE & CO.,
TRON FOUNDRY. Manufacture
L kinds of IRON CASTINGS,
sor Locks, Conn.
all
Wind-
GEORGE GLOYER, Jit.
"ly/TACIIIlSJIST and General Repairer.
All kinds of Mowing Machines
Repaired. Windsor Locks, Conn.
S. McAULEY & CO.
Pork, Lard, Hams, Fish and
Oysters, Poultry, Game, etc., in
their season. Windsor Locks, Conn.
"REEF,
Ovst
«' A. B. STOCKWELL,
Livery and Feed Stable. All kinds
of Jobbing and Teaming promptly at­tended
to. Windsor Locks, Conn.
MORAN BROTHERS,
Pork, Mutton, Lamb, Poulti'y,
Tripe, Ham, Lard, etc. All kinds of
Meats and Vegetables in their season, at
lowest cash prices. Main Street, Wind­sor
Locks, Conn.
L. CHANDLER,
TVf ANUFACTURER ot all kinds of
-L'1 Heavy and Light Team and Busi­ness
Wagons, Carts, etc. Horse Shoe­ing
and Jobbing, Mill and Machine
Forging. Repairing done at short no­tice.
Windsor Locks, Conn.
J. H. ADAMS,
"TvRY GOODS, Groceries, Crockery,
Hardware, Notions, Fruits, etc.
Main Street, Windsor Locks, Conn.
PEASi: BROTHERS,
IVTANUFACTURERSlofjand dealers in
Furniture, Stoves, Tin and Sheet
Iron Wares, Crockery, Glass-Ware, Lead
and Cement,Pipe, and House Furnishing
Goods generally. Slate and Tin Roofing
and General Jobbing, Windsor Locks,
Conn.
JOHN COTTER,
QARPENTER and HOUSE
ER.
BUILD-Windsor
Locks, Conn.
I. C. BANCROFT,
TUTANUFACTURER of all kinds< of
Team and Business Wagons. Paint­ing,
Varnishing and Repairing promptly
done at satisfactory prices. Warehouse
Point, Conn.
CHAS. J. SHORT,
\/l ARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS,
-L'-*- Monuments, Tablets and Grave
Stones. Also dealers in Marble and
Slate Mantels, Grates and Summer
Fronts. No. 375 1-2 Main St. Entrance
north side of First Baptist church,
Springfield, Mass.
J.
O pposite the
?s Block,
Srry. Windsor
Corin.
Locks,
J? J. CONNELL,
Carpentei^^d House Builder,
WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN.
All Jobbing promptly attended' to.
CHARTER OAK HOUSE,
Five Rods South of the Depot,
MAIN ST., WINDSOR LOCKS, COXN.
HENRY CUTLER, Proprietor.
JOHN B. DOUGLAS,
ATTORNEY and CODNSELOR AT LAW
And Notary Public.
Practices in all the State and United
States Courts of Connecticut.
Patents and Pensions promptly* ob­tained.
Collections made anywhere in
the United States.
Office Opposite the Ferry,
WINDSOR LOCKS CONN.
F. W. BROWN,
A RCHITECT and BUILDER. Build-
-t*- ings raised and moved. All work
done in a satisfactory manner.
Boston Neck, Suffield, Conn.
~~ J. J. NOLAN,
pARPENTER and BUILDER.
^ bing promptly attended to.
house Point, Conn.
Job-
Ware-
Fire Insurance !
PHffiNII INS. CO.,
Assets, $2,733,341.27.
INSURANCE CO.
OF
NORTH AMERICA,
Assets, $6,591,740.10.
POLICIES WRITTEN
AT THE
LOWEST RATES
BY
J. H. HAYDEN & SON,
Windsor Locks, Conn.
X. —
A. W. CONVERSE,
FIRE INSUBANCE AGENCY.
RISKS procured at the Lowest Bates
on the following Companies:
NATIONAL, of Hartford, ' ^ - ^1, ,'
O R I E N T , « « « « ' '
CONTINENTAL, " ' " ^ RTSR
NORTH BRITISH and MERCANTILE, of
London and Liverpool,
CONTINENTAL, of New York,
FIRE ASSOCIATION, of Philadelphia.
THE RING.
Sing a song of nonsense
And sensation big:
Twenty-four tricbnfc 01
Found in a pig.
XI.
When the pig was slaughtered
A scientist found the thing.
Wasn't that the sort of news
To help the " bearing" ring?
ill.
The ring was in Chicago,
Bearing lard and pork;
The British consuls were in
Philadelphia and New York.
IV.
The news was in the papers,
Some truth, and lalseliood some.
Up jumped the consuls
And telegraphed it home !—Chic.
Prince Charley.
Draft and Passage Tickets
Sold at satisfactory rates,
AfJO THE POST-OFFICE,
WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN.
GRANITE AND MARBLE
Monumental "Works.
j. IL COOK & CO.,
Comer State and Willow streets, hear
Main, Springfield, Mass.
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The daring and romantic attempts of
Charles Edward, the last of the Stuarts,
to recover the throne of his ancestors,
although it had been forfeited by inumer-able
breaches of the laws, possesses an
irresistible charm and fascination, better
realized than described.
The setting sun, shining with broken
splendor through oaks and other forest
trees, threw dancing and sparkling
flashes of light on the many small win­dows
of a Scotch manor-house. The
house, which was of stone, with steep
roofs and the usual complement of angles
and turrets, was large, and stood on
ground slightly elevated.
At one of the windows sat a young girl
leaning her elbow on the sill. Her fea­tures,
without being regular, were emi­nently
attractive, while the brilliance of
her complexion was hightened by clus­tering
curls of bright chestnut hair, pre­vented
from falling over her forehead by
a silken fillet, fastened by a ruby clasp.
In her bright, intelligent countenance,
now slightly dimmed by a shade of
thouglitfulness, bordering on anxiety,
was a hint of latent power, spiced with a
subtle piquancy, charming to behold.
The window where she sat commanded
a view of the channel separating the
western coast of Scotland from tlu Isle
of Skye. The declining sunbeams, while
•they crowned with jewels the rippling
waters, now and then touched her hair
with gold. Her dress. ol some rich ma­terial,
while it displayed in its easy,
raceful sweep, the perfect symmetry of
brfMjm. betx-ayetMfcekill of 1;
arnlngi
Near her stood aJ gentleman, ^l^like
herself, was a guest in the family where
they now were, by the name of Clanro-land.
His name was O'Neale, and
though a native of Ireland, he was an
officer of the French, and a constant
and devoted attendant of Charles Ed­ward.
"What a picture this sunset scene ex­hibits,"
said Col. O'Neale, drawing near
the window, and looking out. "I have
seen the time, Miss McDonald, when I
could enjoy it as well as you appear to."
"Appearances are often deceptive,"
she replied. "I was thinking of some­thing
very different from the beauty and
magnificence of the sunset sky. They
were entirely lost upon me. In short,
Col. O'Neale, I was thinking of Charles
Edward, our prince."
"Then our thoughts were in unison."
"If I could only be of service to him—
do something to save him from his ene­mies—
how glad I should be. Can you
think of any way I can serve him?"
O'Neale stood in thoughtful attitude
a few moments, and then said:
"I can think of one way, but am afraid
that you will think it SQ preposterous
that you will hesitate to undertake it."
"You can at least, tell me what it is."
"Simply this, that you go to the Isle
of Skye, where I have been informed you
have friends, and take the prince with
you, dressed in women's clothes, as youi
maid."
"I confess, Col. O'Neale, that your pro­position
does seem preposterous, and so
dangerous that I feel myself forced to
decline it. As you know, there's a Mac-leod,
a Maedonald, and a Campbell, each
with a band of soldiers, in quest of him.
You moreover know that a guard is post­ed
at every ferry, and that every boat is
seized. No person can go to the Isle of
Skye without a passport. More than
that, the channel between this coast and
the island is covered with ships of war."
"Yes, my dear young lady, I know all
this, and therefore will not urge you to
an undertaking beset with so many
dangers. You never, as yet, have met
with the prince?"
"I never have seen him except at a
distance." . ^
"I heard this moi;ning that lie is now
at a farm belonging to your brother."
"At my brother's, and I not know it?
You must introduce me to him." it g
"I-will; when shall it beP"
"Early to-morrow'morning."
After he had left her, his thoughts
were still busy with the proposed plan.
"I can think of nothing better," he said
to himself; "and when she sees with
what urbanity, dignity, and even cheer­fulness,
he deports himself under circum­stances
to which the most heroic courage
might succumb, it might be that her
admiration of such noble qualities will
induce her to accede to it."
According to arrangement the previous
evening, Miss Maedonald accompanied
Co). O'Neale to her brother's farm, and
was introduced to the princc. She could
not suppress her emotion when she saw
how weak, pale and exhausted he was,
from fatigue, privation and exposure.
She was so deeply impressed by his criti­cal
and forlorn state, that the dangers
and difficulties of the plan suggested by
Col. O'Neale vanished, and, without a
moment's hesitation, she signified her
readiness to conduct the prince to the
Isle of Skye, or to perform any other
service in her power conducive to his
safety and comfort.
"You.. are too generous, Miss Macdoh-
-V.
tell®
aid," said the prince; "I cannot consent
to your exposing yourself to hardships
and dangers, such as may even putWour
life in jeopardy on my account." k
"Permit me to have my own tf in
this matter," she said, smiling. rMy
pride makes me wish to do something
to atone for my late cowardice. I blush
at the thought of it, when I see Ihow
cheerful and magnanimous you are u ider
calamities which would destroy thei >rti-tude
of any one whose qualities of 1 eart
and head did not make him worth j to
wield a royal scepter." • " §
"Your opinion does me much lfo nor,
and I hope you'll never have caus 3-to
change it."
"Let fortune smile or frown. I s lall
never do that. But opinions are of l ttle
value if they find expression onlj in
words. They must blossom into defds,
such as should be done by those \frho
believe you to be the legitimate heir to
the crown. Consequently, what we have
in hand admits of no delay. I wili at
once repair to our good friends,
Clanrolands, who will lend their h]
with a right good will in providing wj
is requisite for our voyage to Skye."
While her friends were preparing
Miss Maedonald procured a passp;
rom her father-in-law, whose wife
at Armadale in the Isle of Skye.
prince was called Betty Burke in-;
passport, and was recommended ta
an excellent spinner of flax, and a fafjj
ful servant.
"The Destinies," said the prince, w|l
a faint smile, as he glanced his eye oyj
the passport, "are weaving intoi
web threads of quite different stuff
those spun from shining flax by
housewife's nimble fingers." J| •
A few hours later, an open boat
six hands having been obtained, andj
that was necessary for convenience
comfort placed on board, Miss Ma<
aid walked along the sea shore, to
a mile distant from Clanroland's,
by appointment she met the princ]
ed in women's clothes, Col. O'N^
Mrs. Clanroland. Their object
ing was to decide on the day
when it would be best to set o]
voyage,
' 'The evening promises to b<
said Lady Clanroland, "that
home I gave orders to havej
provisions packed, with
Caford will soon be here.",
"I can see a boy with a
now," said Col. O'Neale.
^ Lady Clanroland, wl
peaking!]
Andy, and that she was ;
thing wrong had taken pla<!
"An enemy may be in the
Col. O'Neale. "If so, what!
"The best we can," said,
"In other words, we must be1
and wary. Discretion, accord
Shakespeare, is the better part o|
which on several occasions I've 1
to be true. There is one thing
Maedonald," lie said,' with a smilej
you must remeinber." - f
"What is it?" r : %
"You must remember that I'm*
servant, not your prince. I say thisl
cause on a few occasions you seemed
forget it. .
"Which shows how hard a lessoii "
to learn."
By this time the boy with the
was close at hand. With arespect
he approached Lady Clanroland,
placed the basket at her feet.
"Why is this, Peter?" said
told Andy Caford to bring it."
"He couldn't come. Soon after ycjlil
left, Gen. Campbell and Capt. Fergusofrjtl
with a good many soldiers, arrived. Tiief
general and captain both said they had|
had certain information that the Preten­der
(may they be confounded for calling I
him so) was concealed somewhere on the [
premises. So they kept Andy to show l
them his hiding-place. They said there )
was a nation sight of closets and by- f
places in and around the house, which,
as your ladyship knows, is true. Andy
and I are fast friends, so he gave me a |
wink once in a while, and made other]
signs slyly, by which I knew he wished !
to speak to me. All the time he kept]
leading the men around in a careless
way, sometimes whistling and some-l
times singin'. Once he gave me a quick
look out of the corner of his eye, aiid I
then sang these lines
"In the blush of the dawn flew the eagle away, |
And-caught on his crest the morn's first golden
ray; * ;
The watehful kite with his keen, wicked eyes, ]
To the eyrie soon flew, butgone was the prizes
" 'Your lure is a false one,' said one &fl
the soldiers. 'You would have us think]
thafc the bird has flown. But catch a
weasel asleep, if you can. We shall only ]
be more careful and faithful in our
search.' While tfye attention of the I
soldiers was engaged in listening to their
wise comrade, Andy contrived to get
near me and whisper in my ear that the
housekeeper wished to see me. I soon
found her, and when I told her that'
Andy had been compelled by Capt.
Ferguson to search for the prince, she j
understood why Andy had not come fori
the basket."
While Peter was communicating this
intelligence to Lady Clanroland, Miss'
Maedonald spread a eloth, which had
covered the contents of the basket, over:]
a large rock, sufficiently high and level
to answer for a table. He assisted in
transferring the dishes and the provision
from the basket to the improvised table,
with much assiduity. Peter, now and
then, took a sidelong glance at the ser­vant,
making, in his mind, an inventory
of her personal appearance. He thought
her rfether tall and ungainly, and that [
her loose russet gown, though coarse,.]
was not badly put on, and that bier coif,
which almost entirely concealed her hair ]
and was made in a fashion such as
worn by servant girls, hjwLratherh jaunty J
look. ^ But-theu her shoulders "were tosf
broatfand her steps too lqng to suit
ideas of what " " ^ "
Lady Clanroland, who at first hesitated
whether it was better to remain a while
or go home, finally came tc the decision
that the courtesy due to a lady of her
station, might so far be observed as to
hold in check the lawlessness sometimes
indulged in on occasions like the present.
"I will not ask you to go with me,
Peter," said she; "for I see you are look­ing
with a longing eye at the cakes, cold
chicken and ham, to say nothing of the
honey, marmalade, and other appetizing
condiments, provided for supper. If you
stay and partake of the good fare, you
can overtake me before I get home."
ISaying thus, she turned and left them.
"Shall I hand the youngster some re­freshments
on a trencher?" said the
prince, with a look of profound humility,
At the sound of his voice, which Peter,
for the first time since he came, had
heard distinctly, he quickly turned
round. He knew at once that it was the
voice of Charles Edward, the prince.
"Your voice has betrayed you," said
Col. O'Neale.
"Yes, but I shall never betray him,"
was Peter's reply.
& "Then," said the prince, "as prying
£eyes, without knowing it, may be near
us, you must treat me as you would a
servant."
||j"It would be so hard; how can I?"
The words had scarcely left his lips,
when an armed vessel called a cutter,
suddenly rounding a headland at no
great distance, hove in sight. It was
followed by three others in quick suc­cession.
Those taking their supper were
so close to the shore that it was impos­sible
for them to remain where they
gwere, unobserved by the soldiers on
board the cutters. They therefore silent­ly
stole away, one by one, and hid in
sky recesses among the rocks till the
essels had passed them.
|§Tlie following morning proved to be
;iear, calm, and serene. At an early hour
eprince, Mi ss Maedonald, and the six
atmen, set out on their journey to the
e of Skye. For a while they remained
lolested, but as they were passing a
1 cape of the island, a party of men,
iwm as the Macleod militia, ran to
liore with their guns, and leveled
at the boat. They undoubtedly
ted that the prince was aboard,
ately, as the tide favored them,
pit beyond the reach of the sol-
3>efore they had time to launch a
pursue them.
Ignore happened to alarm them.
;e safelj^la&^^dl^ then pro-
EELIGIOUS SUMMABY.
A nation's greatest need is not states­men,
not troops, not territory, not
wealth, not intelligence, but men who
fear God.
As the western clouds are tinged with
gold even after the sun is lost to view,
so does the memory of a kind act brine
a smile to the face when its author is
forgotten.
The Providence which watches over
the affairs of men works out of tlieir
mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than
could have been accomplished by their
wisest forethought.
Get out of your head the infinite de­lusion
that you can do as you like and
escape the operation of the divine law.
Deliver yourself from the cruel delusion
that you can sow tares and reap wheat.
To be always intending to live a new
life but never finding time to get about
it—this is as if a man should put off eat­ing
and drinking and sleeping from one
day to another, until he is starved and
destroyed.
There is not a book on earth so favor­able
to all the kind and sublime affec­tions,
or so unfriendly to hatred and
persecution, to tyranny, injustice, and
every sort of malevolence, as is the gos­pel.
It breathes, throughout, mercy,
benevolence and peace.—James Beattie.
We should not forget that personal
preaching is the only sort that hits any­body,
or that does anybody any good.
Your dealing in glittering generalities
will be little understood, and less cared
for, by those who hear. There is no
preaching that requires more wisdom,
and it should always be uttered with the
unction of holy love.
Each individual hearer in any congre­gation
of a thousand persons is as re­sponsible
for the success of the sermon
as is the preacher, so that when the
benediction is pronounced the congrega­tion
have laid upon themselves a respon­sibility
a thousandfold greater than that
which the preacher sustains. If, then,
the sermon loses its power, that loss is
mainly attributable to the pew.
The reason people quarrel about re­ligion
is because they really have so little
of it, and the more they quarrel, the
more abundantly do they prove it. A
man has a right to stand by his religious
faith—a right to present it respectfully,
on all proper occasions, to the consider­ation
of others; but he has no righkto
[, an$ any man who w
black coloring matter of this ink con­sists
of finely divided carbon, which is
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high price seldom permits of its use. For
ordinary use only such ink is recommen­ded
as consists either of pure galls and
iron, or of some mixture in which these
are the chief ingredients. A small quan­tity
of salicylic acid, one-half gramme to
the liter, will prevent it from molding
even when kept in open ink bottles. This
is far preferable to the bad smelling car­bolic
acid, or the very poisonous bichlo­ride
of mercury, so frequently used both
in ink and mucilage to prevent souring,
fermentation, or mold.—Scientific Ameri­can.
AN ARABIAN TOWN
CAPTURED EASILY BY A BRITISH VESSEL.
Within the last ten years, or, in fact,
since the opening of the Suez canal, the
port of Aden has been one of the most
important of all the English possessions
in the far East. It is looked upon as the
corner-stone of the Indian empire, as it
commands a large extent of territory,
and all the waters of the Red sea and
Indian ocean. Y et this same Aden is
but a small peninsula of Southern Ar­abia,
connected with the mainland by a
narrow isthmus. It does not include an
area of more than eighteen square miles;
the most barren, desolate, lieaven-for-saken
place that man ever set eyes upon,
or Christian foot ever trod.
It i« bold, mountainous, rocky, deso­late
; not a glimpse of vegetation is to be
seen, nor a tree or shrub, nothing but
the baie rock and a few patches of
burned-up earth, too hot for anything to
grow, and nothing would care to in such
an infernal purgatory, where the heat is
so oppressive that neither man nor beast
can endure the direct rays of the sun at
certain hours of the day.
Water is caught in tanks and doled
out like grog on a man-of-war in olden
time; for the rains are required to furn­ish
a supply of drinking fluid, aside from
the spirits, wine, and beer in which the
inhabitants and ganison indulge in.
The place is only about a hundred miles
east of the entrance of the Red sea, and
is used as a coaling station tor the Eng­lish
navy, and also for the steamships
that run from Great Britain to the Indies,
China, and Japan. For this purpose it
is a success, but the sufferings of the
laborers who have. 1$' be employed in,
putting the
?- PLAYING- TEA.
I am very anxious, children dear,
That you should quiet be,
And take care to behave quite well
While I pour out the tea.
Matilda Jane, I need not scold, ; - ?
For you behave so well; /
You sit so straight, and try your best
To please me, I can tell.
But oh, Belinda, what a sight!
See how she sits awry;
I cannot make that child obey.
No matter how I try. '\33t
Her hair is always in a fui ze; ' ; v
Her dress and sash untied; - "
She drops her shoes, turns in her toes, %
I know not what beside. !r'
But now for once, Belinda dear,
1 trust you will behave; Ifg;; "
Not spill the milk, nor spoil your dress— :
My trouble try to save. . , ,,
And then you both shall have a cup
Of most delicious tea,
A piece of cake, perhaps some jam,
And then go out with me. : ,* - •
— Young Folks.1
GAMES.
MACHINE POETRY".
The Leader of this game should as-sume
an oratorical attitude, and an-nounce
in a "showman's" style, his |
opinion that the world has heretofore •
overestimated the poets as persons of
exceptional talents, but that to remedy '
this great mistake he has himself patent- t
ed an invention by which any person of
ordinary muscular power can instantly
become an author of verses. The Leader .
should be previously supplied with a
coffee-mill, clothes-wringer, or some
similar machine, which, after fixing in
place with an air of importance, he pro­ceeds
to grind laboriously while uttering
some absurd line of verse. He then* .•<
calls upon any other player to grind out
another line, which must rhyme with it.
This player calls upon another, until all ;
in turn have shown their power as poets,
or paid forfeits for failure. Nonsense
verses like the following will generally
be ground out, to the amusement of the
company:— j ' j
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Livery and Feed Stable connected with
Hotel. Main St., Tliompsonville, Conn.
JOHN H. HALLIDAY,
A TTORNEY and Counselor at Law.
Special attention given to the settle­ment
of Estates. Collections promptly
attended to. Mansley's Block, Main
Street, Tliompsonville, Conn.
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AT LAW.
iidsey's Drug Store,
Tliompsonville, Conn.
OHN
Office ov
JAMES WATSON,
(^j-RAIN, MEAL AND FEED for sale
^ at reasonable prices. Custom grind­ing
done at the usual rates. Corn shelled,
or ground on the ear, at Watson's North
mill, on the Springfield road. A full
supply always on hand at Tliompson­ville
mills.
CHAS. E. PRICE, Agt.,
T\EALER in Wood and Coal. Wood
a specialty; chips for s:i
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terms.
lie. Moving
on reasonable
HAIR DRESSING SALOON,
"PREDERICK SMITH, Proprietor. A
choice supply of Shaving Soaps, Hair
Oil, Colognes, Cosmeti -s, &c,., constant­ly
on hand. Shaving, Shampooing,
Hair Cutting, Razor Honing, &c. Under
Lord's Hotel, Tliompsonville, Conn.
DAVID BRAINARD,
TNSURANCE AGENT. Insures all
-1- classes of Buildings and contents
again3t fire. Special attention given to
insuring Houses and Barns with their
contents against loss or damage by light­ning
whether lire ensues or not. Policies
written on the most liberal terms, in
sound companies. Losses paid promptly
and honorably. Tliompsonville, Conn.
JOHN LORING,
UNDERTAKER,
Cabinet Maker,
—AND—
UPHOLSTE REE,
Furniture Repaired.
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WORK in this line neatly and
promptly executed.
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Fire Insurance Agent,
£ WAREHOUSE POINT, COM.
pi
v pi Policies written in the following strong
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: ' NORTH AMERICA of Pliiladel-
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'V":1;; GLOBE, of London, Eng.,
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Tolland
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4,376,961
3,456,020
2,733,341
1,483,480
1,140,057
809,020
of
of
of
320,000
225,010
100,000
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Bitil Life lame
OF NEW YORK, ASSETS, OVER
MILLION
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Rates 15 per cent, less than any other
Life Companies. -
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GEORGE P. CLARK,
"\f ANUFACTURER of Patent Rubber
Casters. Windsor Locks, Conn.
A. W. CONVERSE & CO.,
TRON FOUNDRY. Manufacture
L kinds of IRON CASTINGS,
sor Locks, Conn.
all
Wind-
GEORGE GLOYER, Jit.
"ly/TACIIIlSJIST and General Repairer.
All kinds of Mowing Machines
Repaired. Windsor Locks, Conn.
S. McAULEY & CO.
Pork, Lard, Hams, Fish and
Oysters, Poultry, Game, etc., in
their season. Windsor Locks, Conn.
"REEF,
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«' A. B. STOCKWELL,
Livery and Feed Stable. All kinds
of Jobbing and Teaming promptly at­tended
to. Windsor Locks, Conn.
MORAN BROTHERS,
Pork, Mutton, Lamb, Poulti'y,
Tripe, Ham, Lard, etc. All kinds of
Meats and Vegetables in their season, at
lowest cash prices. Main Street, Wind­sor
Locks, Conn.
L. CHANDLER,
TVf ANUFACTURER ot all kinds of
-L'1 Heavy and Light Team and Busi­ness
Wagons, Carts, etc. Horse Shoe­ing
and Jobbing, Mill and Machine
Forging. Repairing done at short no­tice.
Windsor Locks, Conn.
J. H. ADAMS,
"TvRY GOODS, Groceries, Crockery,
Hardware, Notions, Fruits, etc.
Main Street, Windsor Locks, Conn.
PEASi: BROTHERS,
IVTANUFACTURERSlofjand dealers in
Furniture, Stoves, Tin and Sheet
Iron Wares, Crockery, Glass-Ware, Lead
and Cement,Pipe, and House Furnishing
Goods generally. Slate and Tin Roofing
and General Jobbing, Windsor Locks,
Conn.
JOHN COTTER,
QARPENTER and HOUSE
ER.
BUILD-Windsor
Locks, Conn.
I. C. BANCROFT,
TUTANUFACTURER of all kinds< of
Team and Business Wagons. Paint­ing,
Varnishing and Repairing promptly
done at satisfactory prices. Warehouse
Point, Conn.
CHAS. J. SHORT,
\/l ARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS,
-L'-*- Monuments, Tablets and Grave
Stones. Also dealers in Marble and
Slate Mantels, Grates and Summer
Fronts. No. 375 1-2 Main St. Entrance
north side of First Baptist church,
Springfield, Mass.
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Srry. Windsor
Corin.
Locks,
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Carpentei^^d House Builder,
WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN.
All Jobbing promptly attended' to.
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Five Rods South of the Depot,
MAIN ST., WINDSOR LOCKS, COXN.
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JOHN B. DOUGLAS,
ATTORNEY and CODNSELOR AT LAW
And Notary Public.
Practices in all the State and United
States Courts of Connecticut.
Patents and Pensions promptly* ob­tained.
Collections made anywhere in
the United States.
Office Opposite the Ferry,
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A RCHITECT and BUILDER. Build-
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done in a satisfactory manner.
Boston Neck, Suffield, Conn.
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pARPENTER and BUILDER.
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Assets, $2,733,341.27.
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OF
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Assets, $6,591,740.10.
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FIRE INSUBANCE AGENCY.
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CONTINENTAL, of New York,
FIRE ASSOCIATION, of Philadelphia.
THE RING.
Sing a song of nonsense
And sensation big:
Twenty-four tricbnfc 01
Found in a pig.
XI.
When the pig was slaughtered
A scientist found the thing.
Wasn't that the sort of news
To help the " bearing" ring?
ill.
The ring was in Chicago,
Bearing lard and pork;
The British consuls were in
Philadelphia and New York.
IV.
The news was in the papers,
Some truth, and lalseliood some.
Up jumped the consuls
And telegraphed it home !—Chic.
Prince Charley.
Draft and Passage Tickets
Sold at satisfactory rates,
AfJO THE POST-OFFICE,
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Monumental "Works.
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Comer State and Willow streets, hear
Main, Springfield, Mass.
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The daring and romantic attempts of
Charles Edward, the last of the Stuarts,
to recover the throne of his ancestors,
although it had been forfeited by inumer-able
breaches of the laws, possesses an
irresistible charm and fascination, better
realized than described.
The setting sun, shining with broken
splendor through oaks and other forest
trees, threw dancing and sparkling
flashes of light on the many small win­dows
of a Scotch manor-house. The
house, which was of stone, with steep
roofs and the usual complement of angles
and turrets, was large, and stood on
ground slightly elevated.
At one of the windows sat a young girl
leaning her elbow on the sill. Her fea­tures,
without being regular, were emi­nently
attractive, while the brilliance of
her complexion was hightened by clus­tering
curls of bright chestnut hair, pre­vented
from falling over her forehead by
a silken fillet, fastened by a ruby clasp.
In her bright, intelligent countenance,
now slightly dimmed by a shade of
thouglitfulness, bordering on anxiety,
was a hint of latent power, spiced with a
subtle piquancy, charming to behold.
The window where she sat commanded
a view of the channel separating the
western coast of Scotland from tlu Isle
of Skye. The declining sunbeams, while
•they crowned with jewels the rippling
waters, now and then touched her hair
with gold. Her dress. ol some rich ma­terial,
while it displayed in its easy,
raceful sweep, the perfect symmetry of
brfMjm. betx-ayetMfcekill of 1;
arnlngi
Near her stood aJ gentleman, ^l^like
herself, was a guest in the family where
they now were, by the name of Clanro-land.
His name was O'Neale, and
though a native of Ireland, he was an
officer of the French, and a constant
and devoted attendant of Charles Ed­ward.
"What a picture this sunset scene ex­hibits,"
said Col. O'Neale, drawing near
the window, and looking out. "I have
seen the time, Miss McDonald, when I
could enjoy it as well as you appear to."
"Appearances are often deceptive,"
she replied. "I was thinking of some­thing
very different from the beauty and
magnificence of the sunset sky. They
were entirely lost upon me. In short,
Col. O'Neale, I was thinking of Charles
Edward, our prince."
"Then our thoughts were in unison."
"If I could only be of service to him—
do something to save him from his ene­mies—
how glad I should be. Can you
think of any way I can serve him?"
O'Neale stood in thoughtful attitude
a few moments, and then said:
"I can think of one way, but am afraid
that you will think it SQ preposterous
that you will hesitate to undertake it."
"You can at least, tell me what it is."
"Simply this, that you go to the Isle
of Skye, where I have been informed you
have friends, and take the prince with
you, dressed in women's clothes, as youi
maid."
"I confess, Col. O'Neale, that your pro­position
does seem preposterous, and so
dangerous that I feel myself forced to
decline it. As you know, there's a Mac-leod,
a Maedonald, and a Campbell, each
with a band of soldiers, in quest of him.
You moreover know that a guard is post­ed
at every ferry, and that every boat is
seized. No person can go to the Isle of
Skye without a passport. More than
that, the channel between this coast and
the island is covered with ships of war."
"Yes, my dear young lady, I know all
this, and therefore will not urge you to
an undertaking beset with so many
dangers. You never, as yet, have met
with the prince?"
"I never have seen him except at a
distance." . ^
"I heard this moi;ning that lie is now
at a farm belonging to your brother."
"At my brother's, and I not know it?
You must introduce me to him." it g
"I-will; when shall it beP"
"Early to-morrow'morning."
After he had left her, his thoughts
were still busy with the proposed plan.
"I can think of nothing better," he said
to himself; "and when she sees with
what urbanity, dignity, and even cheer­fulness,
he deports himself under circum­stances
to which the most heroic courage
might succumb, it might be that her
admiration of such noble qualities will
induce her to accede to it."
According to arrangement the previous
evening, Miss Maedonald accompanied
Co). O'Neale to her brother's farm, and
was introduced to the princc. She could
not suppress her emotion when she saw
how weak, pale and exhausted he was,
from fatigue, privation and exposure.
She was so deeply impressed by his criti­cal
and forlorn state, that the dangers
and difficulties of the plan suggested by
Col. O'Neale vanished, and, without a
moment's hesitation, she signified her
readiness to conduct the prince to the
Isle of Skye, or to perform any other
service in her power conducive to his
safety and comfort.
"You.. are too generous, Miss Macdoh-
-V.
tell®
aid," said the prince; "I cannot consent
to your exposing yourself to hardships
and dangers, such as may even putWour
life in jeopardy on my account." k
"Permit me to have my own tf in
this matter," she said, smiling. rMy
pride makes me wish to do something
to atone for my late cowardice. I blush
at the thought of it, when I see Ihow
cheerful and magnanimous you are u ider
calamities which would destroy thei >rti-tude
of any one whose qualities of 1 eart
and head did not make him worth j to
wield a royal scepter." • " §
"Your opinion does me much lfo nor,
and I hope you'll never have caus 3-to
change it."
"Let fortune smile or frown. I s lall
never do that. But opinions are of l ttle
value if they find expression onlj in
words. They must blossom into defds,
such as should be done by those \frho
believe you to be the legitimate heir to
the crown. Consequently, what we have
in hand admits of no delay. I wili at
once repair to our good friends,
Clanrolands, who will lend their h]
with a right good will in providing wj
is requisite for our voyage to Skye."
While her friends were preparing
Miss Maedonald procured a passp;
rom her father-in-law, whose wife
at Armadale in the Isle of Skye.
prince was called Betty Burke in-;
passport, and was recommended ta
an excellent spinner of flax, and a fafjj
ful servant.
"The Destinies," said the prince, w|l
a faint smile, as he glanced his eye oyj
the passport, "are weaving intoi
web threads of quite different stuff
those spun from shining flax by
housewife's nimble fingers." J| •
A few hours later, an open boat
six hands having been obtained, andj
that was necessary for convenience
comfort placed on board, Miss Ma<
aid walked along the sea shore, to
a mile distant from Clanroland's,
by appointment she met the princ]
ed in women's clothes, Col. O'N^
Mrs. Clanroland. Their object
ing was to decide on the day
when it would be best to set o]
voyage,
' 'The evening promises to b<
said Lady Clanroland, "that
home I gave orders to havej
provisions packed, with
Caford will soon be here.",
"I can see a boy with a
now," said Col. O'Neale.
^ Lady Clanroland, wl
peaking!]
Andy, and that she was ;
thing wrong had taken plaefore they had time to launch a
pursue them.
Ignore happened to alarm them.
;e safelj^la&^^dl^ then pro-
EELIGIOUS SUMMABY.
A nation's greatest need is not states­men,
not troops, not territory, not
wealth, not intelligence, but men who
fear God.
As the western clouds are tinged with
gold even after the sun is lost to view,
so does the memory of a kind act brine
a smile to the face when its author is
forgotten.
The Providence which watches over
the affairs of men works out of tlieir
mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than
could have been accomplished by their
wisest forethought.
Get out of your head the infinite de­lusion
that you can do as you like and
escape the operation of the divine law.
Deliver yourself from the cruel delusion
that you can sow tares and reap wheat.
To be always intending to live a new
life but never finding time to get about
it—this is as if a man should put off eat­ing
and drinking and sleeping from one
day to another, until he is starved and
destroyed.
There is not a book on earth so favor­able
to all the kind and sublime affec­tions,
or so unfriendly to hatred and
persecution, to tyranny, injustice, and
every sort of malevolence, as is the gos­pel.
It breathes, throughout, mercy,
benevolence and peace.—James Beattie.
We should not forget that personal
preaching is the only sort that hits any­body,
or that does anybody any good.
Your dealing in glittering generalities
will be little understood, and less cared
for, by those who hear. There is no
preaching that requires more wisdom,
and it should always be uttered with the
unction of holy love.
Each individual hearer in any congre­gation
of a thousand persons is as re­sponsible
for the success of the sermon
as is the preacher, so that when the
benediction is pronounced the congrega­tion
have laid upon themselves a respon­sibility
a thousandfold greater than that
which the preacher sustains. If, then,
the sermon loses its power, that loss is
mainly attributable to the pew.
The reason people quarrel about re­ligion
is because they really have so little
of it, and the more they quarrel, the
more abundantly do they prove it. A
man has a right to stand by his religious
faith—a right to present it respectfully,
on all proper occasions, to the consider­ation
of others; but he has no righkto
[, an$ any man who w
black coloring matter of this ink con­sists
of finely divided carbon, which is
unaffected by chemical reagents. Its
high price seldom permits of its use. For
ordinary use only such ink is recommen­ded
as consists either of pure galls and
iron, or of some mixture in which these
are the chief ingredients. A small quan­tity
of salicylic acid, one-half gramme to
the liter, will prevent it from molding
even when kept in open ink bottles. This
is far preferable to the bad smelling car­bolic
acid, or the very poisonous bichlo­ride
of mercury, so frequently used both
in ink and mucilage to prevent souring,
fermentation, or mold.—Scientific Ameri­can.
AN ARABIAN TOWN
CAPTURED EASILY BY A BRITISH VESSEL.
Within the last ten years, or, in fact,
since the opening of the Suez canal, the
port of Aden has been one of the most
important of all the English possessions
in the far East. It is looked upon as the
corner-stone of the Indian empire, as it
commands a large extent of territory,
and all the waters of the Red sea and
Indian ocean. Y et this same Aden is
but a small peninsula of Southern Ar­abia,
connected with the mainland by a
narrow isthmus. It does not include an
area of more than eighteen square miles;
the most barren, desolate, lieaven-for-saken
place that man ever set eyes upon,
or Christian foot ever trod.
It i« bold, mountainous, rocky, deso­late
; not a glimpse of vegetation is to be
seen, nor a tree or shrub, nothing but
the baie rock and a few patches of
burned-up earth, too hot for anything to
grow, and nothing would care to in such
an infernal purgatory, where the heat is
so oppressive that neither man nor beast
can endure the direct rays of the sun at
certain hours of the day.
Water is caught in tanks and doled
out like grog on a man-of-war in olden
time; for the rains are required to furn­ish
a supply of drinking fluid, aside from
the spirits, wine, and beer in which the
inhabitants and ganison indulge in.
The place is only about a hundred miles
east of the entrance of the Red sea, and
is used as a coaling station tor the Eng­lish
navy, and also for the steamships
that run from Great Britain to the Indies,
China, and Japan. For this purpose it
is a success, but the sufferings of the
laborers who have. 1$' be employed in,
putting the
?- PLAYING- TEA.
I am very anxious, children dear,
That you should quiet be,
And take care to behave quite well
While I pour out the tea.
Matilda Jane, I need not scold, ; - ?
For you behave so well; /
You sit so straight, and try your best
To please me, I can tell.
But oh, Belinda, what a sight!
See how she sits awry;
I cannot make that child obey.
No matter how I try. '\33t
Her hair is always in a fui ze; ' ; v
Her dress and sash untied; - "
She drops her shoes, turns in her toes, %
I know not what beside. !r'
But now for once, Belinda dear,
1 trust you will behave; Ifg;; "
Not spill the milk, nor spoil your dress— :
My trouble try to save. . , ,,
And then you both shall have a cup
Of most delicious tea,
A piece of cake, perhaps some jam,
And then go out with me. : ,* - •
— Young Folks.1
GAMES.
MACHINE POETRY".
The Leader of this game should as-sume
an oratorical attitude, and an-nounce
in a "showman's" style, his |
opinion that the world has heretofore •
overestimated the poets as persons of
exceptional talents, but that to remedy '
this great mistake he has himself patent- t
ed an invention by which any person of
ordinary muscular power can instantly
become an author of verses. The Leader .
should be previously supplied with a
coffee-mill, clothes-wringer, or some
similar machine, which, after fixing in
place with an air of importance, he pro­ceeds
to grind laboriously while uttering
some absurd line of verse. He then* .•<
calls upon any other player to grind out
another line, which must rhyme with it.
This player calls upon another, until all ;
in turn have shown their power as poets,
or paid forfeits for failure. Nonsense
verses like the following will generally
be ground out, to the amusement of the
company:— j ' j
Folks who in winter go to balls /
Are apt to meet with slips and falls,
8o therefore make not many calls,
But stay at home withixiy